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Portal Speed Run: Under 10 minutes

December 14, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This 15 minute video is a demo of the Portal Speed Run. Before you yell “For science, you monster!” yes, the player does make use of glitches. In fact, you can find a list of glitches deployed here. There a lot. Be prepared to spend a lot of time watching elevator doors. They’re clearly the […]

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: portal, portal 2, valve

Portal bookends

October 10, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Is Portal the game with the most geek cult cred of all time? Is Portal 2 for science, you monster and is cake a lie? There are so many questions. What we have now, though, is one answer. We now know the best, most geeky, most gamer-cult, way to keep your hardback RPGs from falling […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fashion, portal, portal 2

GlaDOS plushie

August 1, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

Etsy is a big bucket of good ideas. It’s a website that collects people with talent. Damn their eyes. How’s this for a product intro: We here at Aperture Science are glad to announce the newest addition of plushie goodness. Welcome the Curiosity Sphere. She can help you out with the worlds questions… by asking […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: portal, portal 2

Portal 2: For Science – You Monster

June 20, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Seems like the computer might be willing to forgive you – in the name of science. Mind you, maybe she forgives you in the same way she intends to share her cake with you! This trailer for Portal 2 aired at the Sony Conference during the 2010 E3. We’re expecting the sequel to be available […]

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: playstation, PlayStation 3, portal, portal 2, sony, trailers, valve

Portal’s “Still Alive” computer versus children

April 3, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

“You’ve not completed portal?” my girlfriend asked me in surprise. It’s alright for her; she can navigate the mysteries of Portal in her sleep. It’s worth completing Portal. Not just because it keeps theweirdone happy; but because you get to listen to “Still Alive”. Is it time for a remake? Is it time for a […]

Filed Under: Games, Music Tagged With: portal

Rock mushrooms return to demand Half-Life 3

January 10, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

Let’s not beat around the bush; the 8-Bit Pwny CLub has become my favourite game review program of the naughties – er, the noughties. Theweirdone and I are still singing “we are fungus…” I think we might also join the mushrooms in their praise of Valve and Half-Life too. This video ranks as a “must […]

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: half-life 2, left 4 dead, portal, valve

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